Isaías 49
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Isaiah 49
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| Ouvi-me, ilhas, e escutai vós, povos de longe: O Senhor chamou-me desde o ventre, desde as entranhas de minha mãe fez menção do meu nome | Give ear, O sea-lands, to me; and take note, you peoples from far: I have been marked out by the Lord from the first; when I was still in my mother's body, he had my name in mind: |
| e fez a minha boca qual espada aguda; na sombra da sua mão me escondeu; fez-me qual uma flecha polida, e me encobriu na sua aljava; | And he has made my mouth like a sharp sword, in the shade of his hand he has kept me; and he has made me like a polished arrow, keeping me in his secret place; |
| e me disse: Tu és meu servo; és Israel, por quem hei de ser glorificado. | And he said to me, You are my servant, Israel, in whom my glory will be seen; |
| Mas eu disse: Debalde tenho trabalhado, inútil e vãmente gastei as minhas forças; todavia o meu direito está perante o Senhor, e o meu galardão perante o meu Deus. | And I said, I have undergone weariness for nothing, I have given my strength for no purpose or profit: but still the Lord will take up my cause, and my God will give me my reward. |
| E agora diz o Senhor, que me formou desde o ventre para ser o seu servo, para tornar a trazer-lhe Jacó, e para reunir Israel a ele . | And now, says the Lord, who made me his servant when I was still in my mother's body, so that I might make Jacob come back to him, and so that Israel might come together to him: and I was honoured in the eyes of the Lord, and my God became my strength. |
| Sim, diz ele: Pouco é que sejas o meu servo, para restaurares as tribos de Jacó, e tornares a trazer os preservados de Israel; também te porei para luz das nações, para seres a minha salvação até a extremidade da terra. | It is not enough for one who is my servant to put the tribes of Jacob again in their place, and to get back those of Israel who have been sent away: my purpose is to give you as a light to the nations, so that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth. |
| Assim diz o Senhor, o Redentor de Israel, e o seu Santo, ao que é desprezado dos homens, ao que é aborrecido das nações, ao servo dos tiranos: Os reis o verão e se levantarão, como também os príncipes, e eles te adorarão, por amor do Senhor, que é fiel, e do Santo de Israel, que te escolheu. | The Lord who takes up Israel's cause, even his Holy One, says to him whom men make sport of, who is hated by the nations, a servant of rulers: Kings will see and get up from their places, and chiefs will give worship: because of the Lord who keeps faith; even the Holy One of Israel who has taken you for himself. |
| Assim diz o Senhor: No tempo aceitável te ouvi, e no dia da salvação te ajudei; e te guardarei, e te darei por pacto do povo, para restaurares a terra, e lhe dares em herança as herdades assoladas; | This is the word of the Lord: I have given ear to you at a good time, and I have been your helper in a day of salvation: and I will keep you safe, and will make you a glory for the people, putting the land in order, and giving them the heritages which now are waste; |
| para dizeres aos presos: Saí; e aos que estão em trevas: Aparecei; eles pastarão nos caminhos, e em todos os altos desnudados haverá o seu pasto. | Saying to those who are in chains, Go free; to those who are in the dark, Come out into the light. They will get food by the way wherever they go, and have grass-lands on all the dry mountain-tops. |
| Nunca terão fome nem sede; não os afligirá nem a calma nem o sol; porque o que se compadece deles os guiará, e os conduzirá mansamente aos mananciais das águas. | They will not be in need of food or drink, or be troubled by the heat or the sun: for he who has mercy on them will be their guide, taking them by the springs of water. |
| Farei de todos os meus montes um caminho; e as minhas estradas serão exaltadas. | And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways will be lifted up. |
| Eis que estes virão de longe, e eis que aqueles do Norte e do Ocidente, e aqueles outros da terra de Sinim. | See, these are coming from far; and these from the north and the west; and these from the land of Sinim. |
| Cantai, ó céus, e exulta, ó terra, e vós, montes, estalai de júbilo, porque o Senhor consolou o seu povo, e se compadeceu dos seus aflitos. | Let your voice be loud in song, O heavens; and be glad, O earth; make sounds of joy, O mountains, for the Lord has given comfort to his people, and will have mercy on his crushed ones. |
| Mas Sião diz: O Senhor me desamparou, o meu Senhor se esqueceu de mim. | But Zion said, The Lord has given me up, I have gone from his memory. |
| pode uma mulher esquecer-se de seu filho de peito, de maneira que não se compadeça do filho do seu ventre? Mas ainda que esta se esquecesse, eu, todavia, não me esquecerei de ti. | Will a woman give up the child at her breast, will she be without pity for the fruit of her body? yes, these may, but I will not let you go out of my memory. |
| Eis que nas palmas das minhas mãos eu te gravei; os teus muros estão continuamente diante de mim. | See, your name is marked on my hands; your walls are ever before me. |
| Os teus filhos pressurosamente virão; mas os teus destruidores e os teus assoladores sairão do meio de ti. | Your builders are coming quickly; your haters and those who made you waste will go out of you. |
| Levanta os teus olhos ao redor, e olha; todos estes que se ajuntam vêm ter contigo. Vivo eu, diz o Senhor, que de todos estes te vestirás, como dum ornamento, e te cingirás deles como a noiva. | Let your eyes be lifted up round about, and see: they are all coming together to you. By my life, says the Lord, truly you will put them all on you as an ornament, and be clothed with them like a bride. |
| Pois quanto aos teus desertos, e lugares desolados, e à tua terra destruída, serás agora estreita demais para os moradores, e os que te devoravam se afastarão para longe de ti. | For though the waste places of your land have been given to destruction, now you will not be wide enough for your people, and those who made you waste will be far away. |
| Os filhos de que foste privada ainda dirão aos teus ouvidos: Muito estreito é para mim este lugar; dá-me espaço em que eu habite. | The children to whom you gave birth in other lands will say in your ears, The place is not wide enough for me: make room for me to have a resting-place. |
| Então no teu coração dirás: Quem me gerou estes, visto que eu era desfilhada e solitária, exilada e errante? quem, pois, me criou estes? Fui deixada sozinha; estes onde estavam? | Then you will say in your heart, Who has given me all these children? when my children had been taken from me, and I was no longer able to have others, who took care of these? when I was by myself, where then were these? |
| Assim diz o Senhor Deus: Eis que levantarei a minha mão para as nações, e ante os povos arvorarei a minha bandeira; então eles trarão os teus filhos nos braços, e as tuas filhas serão levadas sobre os ombros. | This is the word of the Lord God: See, I will make a sign with my hand to the nations, and put up my flag for the peoples; and they will take up your sons on their beasts, and your daughters on their backs. |
| Reis serão os teus aios, e as suas rainhas as tuas amas; diante de ti se inclinarão com o rosto em terra e lamberão o pó dos teus pés; e saberás que eu sou o Senhor, e que os que por mim esperam não serão confundidos. | And kings will take care of you, and queens will give you their milk: they will go down on their faces before you, kissing the dust of your feet; and you will be certain that I am the Lord, and that those who put their hope in me will not be shamed. |
| Acaso tirar-se-ia a presa ao valente? ou serão libertados os cativos de um tirano? | Will the goods of war be taken from the strong man, or the prisoners of the cruel one be let go? |
| Mas assim diz o Senhor: Certamente os cativos serão tirados ao valente, e a presa do tirano será libertada; porque eu contenderei com os que contendem contigo, e os teus filhos eu salvarei. | But the Lord says, Even the prisoners of the strong will be taken from him, and the cruel made to let go his goods: for I will take up your cause against your haters, and I will keep your children safe. |
| E sustentarei os teus opressores com a sua propria carne, e com o seu proprio sangue se embriagarão, como com mosto; e toda a carne saberá que eu sou o Senhor, o teu Salvador e o teu Redentor, o Poderoso de Jacó. | And the flesh of your attackers will be taken by themselves for food; and they will take their blood for drink, as if it was sweet wine: and all men will see that I the Lord am your saviour, even he who takes up your cause, the Strong One of Jacob. |
